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Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group, which also includes Tom Kite, Retief Goosen and Rory McElroy. None succeeded. In fact, as reigning Open champions, none finished within three of the lead. That speaks to the challenge confronting 2013 winner Justin Rose this week at Pinehurst No. 2, where the 114th Open begins Thursday, and where Strange again will be part of ESPN's broadcast crew. A Hampton Roads native, Strange won his first Open in 1988, defeating Nick...

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Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group,...

Five of the last six U.S. Open golf champions were previously 0-for in majors. Curtis Strange believes the trend could well continue this week at Congressional Country Club near Washington, D.C.
A Hampton Roads native and ESPN analyst, Strange...

Two renowned Williamsburg layouts have made Golf Digest's biennial ranking of the nation's top 100 public courses.
Golden Horseshoe's Gold Course is No. 50, Kingsmill's River Course No. 79 on the recently unveiled list. Kingsmill is new to the...

Brooks Koepka played in his hometown PGA Tour a year ago on a sponsor's exemption. He had plenty of friends and family watching at the Honda Classic, though to everyone else he was the American who only had full playing privileges in Europe. It's...

Darren Clarke provided arguably the most emotional story line in the history of the Ryder Cup, and helped forge one of the competition's most successful partnerships. And to mark the start of the next chapter in the charismatic, cigar-chomping Northern...

Rory McIlroy reached a settlement with his former management company on Wednesday, cutting a multi-million-dollar deal to end their contract dispute and avoid a lengthy court case exposing the financial dealings of the world's top-ranked golfer. Conor...

PHILADELPHIA -- There was not much change to the men's world rankings as there were just two changes inside the top 20 this week.
Rory McIlroy finished the year as the No. 1 ranked player as he holds a comfortable lead atop the rankings.
Henrik Stenson,...

SHANGHAI - Bubba Watson notched his first victory outside the United States in fine style at the $8.5 million WGC-HSBC Champions tournament Sunday.
Masters champion Watson added another big title to his resume when he sank a “once-in-a-lifetime”...

For a few hours, at least, the Europeans looked every bit the heavy favorite in the first matches of the 2014 Ryder Cup.
But on a chilly, windy Friday morning, the Americans fought back.
Thanks to late heroics by Jimmy Walker, Keegan...

Golf etiquette usually goes like this: When a player arrives at the tee, the crowd claps for a few moments before falling respectfully silent.
That's not what happened at the Ryder Cup two years ago at Medinah, outside Chicago.
As Ian Poulter stepped up...

The Ryder Cup starts at 2:30 a.m. today in Scotland, meaning you've probably slept through the opening four-ball matches. Chances are you're happy to sleep through the entire thing.
That's understandable since this Ryder Cup has two big things going...

GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Europe produced a stirring comeback to win three and halve one of their Ryder Cup foursomes matches against the United States and take a 5-3 lead after a typically tense, fluctuating and hugely entertaining first day on...

Two things make Bubba Watson think that he and Webb Simpson make a good twosome on the golf course.
The first is the Bible.
"We go to Bible study together and believe in the Bible together," he said. "We can talk about different things...

The Masters got back to business Wednesday -- the final chance for practice rounds -- with at least some of the field fortified by a meal of "bugs" the night before.
Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley were the first players off the tee in...

Billy Hurley III shot a seven-under-par 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Hurley played bogey-free in shooting his lowest score of the season. The former U.S. Navy...

AKRON, Ohio -- Rory McIlroy birdied four of the first five holes on Sunday to grab the lead, and he went on to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes.
McIlroy closed with his second straight 4-under 66 to end at 15-under-par 265. The win...

HOYLAKE, England — On a closing Sunday of great golf at the 143rd British Open, played over the picturesque Royal Liverpool links near the Irish Sea, champion Rory McIlroy did what he had to while everybody else went low.
McIlroy shot 71, and it was...

Teeing off on the final hole at the U.S. Open, Justin Rose figured he needed par to seal a victory.
The direction and trajectory of his shot looked good, but not until he walked up the fairway did Rose see that his ball had landed right beside a plaque...

With Michael Phelps status as the greatest Olympian of all time sealed Tuesday, congrats and well wishes came pouring in from every corner of the celebrity-sphere. Actors. Athletes. Musicians. Even a Playmate. Behold just a few:
Golfer Graeme...